tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19514384622881951342017-09-28T11:49:09.934-07:00ChilledLime BlogThe official blog of ChilledLimeAkoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06507581047864328149noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951438462288195134.post-17108908753018022732016-02-18T06:54:00.002-08:002016-02-18T07:07:04.131-08:00Experimenting with dark poll pagesI have received loads of feedback on page brightness, that's why I decided to experiment with darker poll pages. Take a look:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1hZ8CccZRHE/VsXbEsTxCHI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/7xV9qCDrmoo/s1600/K%25C3%25A9perny%25C5%2591k%25C3%25A9p%2Berr%25C5%2591l%253A%2B2016-02-18%2B15%253A53%253A22.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1hZ8CccZRHE/VsXbEsTxCHI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/7xV9qCDrmoo/s400/K%25C3%25A9perny%25C5%2591k%25C3%25A9p%2Berr%25C5%2591l%253A%2B2016-02-18%2B15%253A53%253A22.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://www.chilledlime.com/poll.php?id=3">http://www.chilledlime.com/poll.php?id=3</a><br /><br />Would love to hear some feedback.Akoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06507581047864328149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951438462288195134.post-54019913063044905282015-12-28T07:01:00.002-08:002015-12-28T07:01:48.612-08:00Update 2.2: Faster page loadingYouTube media embeds only load when one clicks on the poll option. This update makes page load times incredibly quicker. A poll that has 3 Youtube embeds inside loads in just 500ms instead of 8 seconds.Akoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06507581047864328149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951438462288195134.post-10313690321858581272015-12-27T14:52:00.000-08:002015-12-27T14:52:04.356-08:00ChilledLime v2.1: Better media poll answers and fully real-time<b>1.</b> Poll answers that include media links (ex. YouTube, Soundcloud) now have the content title imported from the service APIs. Like this:&nbsp;<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nROTKkPeeQI/VoBq7v69rsI/AAAAAAAAAxA/nsAVcP6augc/s1600/K%25C3%25A9perny%25C5%2591k%25C3%25A9p%2B%25E2%2580%2593%2B2015-12-27%2B23%253A49%253A42.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="309" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nROTKkPeeQI/VoBq7v69rsI/AAAAAAAAAxA/nsAVcP6augc/s320/K%25C3%25A9perny%25C5%2591k%25C3%25A9p%2B%25E2%2580%2593%2B2015-12-27%2B23%253A49%253A42.png" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div></div><div><b>2.</b> Results are from now on totally real-time. This means that no page reload is needed to refresh poll results.</div><div><br /></div><div>Other smaller fixes include:</div><div><ul><li>Putting emphasis on the result percent instead of the vote number</li><li>YouTube embeds are now usually full height</li><li>One media embed is slided down at a time</li></ul></div>Akoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06507581047864328149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951438462288195134.post-29167781840132311322015-12-20T14:22:00.000-08:002015-12-20T14:43:09.569-08:00ChilledLime 2.0: Embed pollsFrom this day, you can embed polls into your own websites, blogs. Have fun!<br />Here's a demo:<br /><br /><iframe id="limeframe" onload="setIframeHeight(this.id)" src="http://www.chilledlime.com/embed.php?id=3" style="-moz-box-shadow: 0px 0px 5px 0px rgba(70, 70, 70, 0.5); -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 5px 0px rgba(70, 70, 70, 0.5); border: 0; box-shadow: 0px 0px 5px 0px rgba(70, 70, 70, 0.5);" width="450" height="820"></iframe><script src="http://www.chilledlime.com/embed.js"></script>Akoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06507581047864328149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951438462288195134.post-8623326047380591782015-12-10T13:19:00.003-08:002015-12-10T13:23:10.914-08:00ChilledLime v1.1: You can now embed tweetsHey, you can now embed tweets in your polls. Just paste a Twitter status URL to poll options on the homepage and it will show up as a widget. Like this:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nrcDNsLHVoM/VmnsPlrwLjI/AAAAAAAAAwI/kmFVUbCwl58/s1600/K%25C3%25A9perny%25C5%2591k%25C3%25A9p%2B%25E2%2580%2593%2B2015-12-10%2B22%253A15%253A48.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nrcDNsLHVoM/VmnsPlrwLjI/AAAAAAAAAwI/kmFVUbCwl58/s400/K%25C3%25A9perny%25C5%2591k%25C3%25A9p%2B%25E2%2580%2593%2B2015-12-10%2B22%253A15%253A48.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />This version also includes some minor fixes. And also a big thanks to <a href="http://noembed.com/">NoEmbed</a> for the help.Akoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06507581047864328149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951438462288195134.post-54286233989159210842015-11-23T09:41:00.000-08:002015-12-09T09:42:48.661-08:00ChilledLime v1.0 launchedCreate polls with rich embeds. Check it out: <a href="http://www.chilledlime.com/">http://www.chilledlime.com</a>Akoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06507581047864328149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951438462288195134.post-45097721830181542472015-11-22T04:24:00.000-08:002015-11-22T04:24:21.046-08:00The all-new ChilledLime is comingIt's nearly the end of 2015. The project is more than 4 years old. I have to confess, it has mainly been a failure.<br /><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br />The first release (March 2014) got 9100 visitors in a matter of hours thanks to Hacker News, Twitter and some small media outlets. For 2 days, the usage of the site was going as planned (daily 150 active users). People were starting debates, writing opinions and commenting. But on the third day after launch everything stopped. There were no new signups and the activity on the site was nearing zero. Since then the whole thing has been&nbsp;<a href="http://chilledlime.blogspot.hu/2014/07/chilledlime-put-on-hiatus.html" target="_blank">on hiatus</a>, managing about 5-10 visitors a day with no engagement and 100% bounce rate. There has been no retention since then either.<br /><br />Now is the time &nbsp;I have some free time.<br />This is why after one and a half year of no development and marketing, I am in process of revamping the whole site.<br /><br />From now on ChilledLime will be focused on poll creation. There are loads of poll creators that don't require signup (ex. <a href="http://strawpoll.me/">strawpoll.me</a>, <a href="http://boll.co/">boll.co</a>). They work nicely to some extent. You create a fully text based poll and vote on segments of texts. URLs aren't dynamic. No image, video or audio embedding. Of course this could be solved with Embed.ly embeds, but I'm afraid their plans are freaking expensive.<br /><br />This is why I am developing a technology which makes embeddding rich content into polls seamless. It's not easy to abide by the unique embed methods big services use. But I am working on it one-by-one, service-by-service.<br /><br /><b>ChilledLime is going to be a place where people can create minimalist polls with rich embedded content. Launching on the 27th of November.</b><br /><br />Main things:<br /><ul><li>The old version will be discontinued as of November 27th 2015.</li><li>The new site will not require registration/login.</li><li>The focus is on the UX.</li><li>It will have a beautiful and minimalist design.</li></ul><div><br /></div><div>If you have any questions please contact me at barta.akos[at]gmail[dot]com .</div>Akoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06507581047864328149noreply@blogger.com0